2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

Respiratory Health

During the past 3 months, did you have a cough on most days?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,772 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 3,053 81.6 79.9-83.1
Medicaid Region 5 672 123 17.4 14.2-21.1 549 82.6 78.9-85.8
GENDER
Male 297 58 17.9 13.4-23.5 239 82.1 76.5-86.6
Female 375 65 16.9 12.7-22.1 310 83.1 77.9-87.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 84 20.0 15.9-24.8 320 80.0 75.2-84.1
Non-Hispanic Black 138 15 8.1 4.0-15.5 123 91.9 84.5-96.0
Other 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 211 29 14.6 9.9-21.0 182 85.4 79.0-90.1
45-64 236 52 21.9 16.0-29.2 184 78.1 70.8-84.0
65+ 214 40 15.8 11.0-22.2 174 84.2 77.8-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 64 22.9 17.2-29.8 194 77.1 70.2-82.8
Some Post-H.S. 214 32 13.7 9.2-20.0 182 86.3 80.0-90.8
College Graduate 199 26 12.3 8.3-18.0 173 87.7 82.0-91.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 354 75 21.2 16.4-27.0 279 78.8 73.0-83.6
$50,000+ 204 29 14.4 9.6-21.2 175 85.6 78.8-90.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 19 12.1 7.1-19.9 95 87.9 80.1-92.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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